How can I Help the Bees?
If you want to help the bees there are many ways you can do this
Planting Bee Friendly Flowers
Planting bee friendly flowers is a great way to help both honey bees and native solitary bees. The important thing to remember is to plant a diverse range of flowers. This is the best thing you can do to support the bees health as just like humans they need a balanced diet!
Don’t be disheartened if you do plant bee friendly flowers and you never see the bees on them. Flowers produce their nectar at different times of day and the bees will learn this and only visit at those times to save wasted trips! Try going into your garden at a different time of day and you might find a huge number of bees hard at work collected the nectar and pollen!
Supporting Bee Charities
There are many charities who are dedicated to helping the bees, here are just a few of them in no particular order:
| The British Bee Charity | Raise funds and promote initiatives to help the welfare of bees by engaging in education activities and training new beekeepers |
| Bee Friendly Trust | Creating habitats for honeybees and other pollinators to survive by increasing forage in urban areas |
| Bumblebee Conservation Trust | Working to preserve the native bumblebee species by research, influencing environmental policy and conserving bumblebee friendly habitats |
| Bees for Development | A global charity promoting sustainable beekeeping to combat poverty, build resilient livelihoods and benefit biodiversity |
| Save the Bees Appeal – British Beekeepers Association | Raising money to support efforts in preventing the establishment of the Asian Hornet in the UK – a ruthless predator of the honeybee |